Storm-coat.



W. S. BARKEBW STORM GOAT. APPLICATION FILED 11017.15, 1909.

,1 Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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WALTER S. BARKER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

STORM-COAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 141i, 1911.

Application filed November 15, 1909. Serial No. 528,008.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S; BARKER, of Cambridge, in the county ofHiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inStorm-Coats, of which the following is a specification.

Storm coats of ordinary construction having two overlapping frontportions provided with fasteners, for attaching them together, do notprotect the wearer against a driving storm, which finds its way to thewearer between the overlapping front portions.

The employment of a storm-shield in the form of an additionaloverlapping portion attached to one of the front portions, and adaptedto extend over the other front portion results in the production of atortuous passage, and assists in preventing the storm from drivingdirectlyto the wearer between the front portions, but does not entirelyexclude the water.

This invention has for its object the interposition of a storm-strip inthe tortuous passage, between'the overlapping closing poitions for thefront opening of the coat, which is attached to one of the closingportions remote from the entrance to the passage between said portions,by which water, entering said passage, will, on reaching thestorm-strip, be directed downward, and thereby prevented from reachingthe wearer, said strip being arranged sufficiently remote from theentrance to substantially check the passage of water, even when saidentrance gapes open, as it frequently does. If desired two storm-stripsmay be arranged in said passage which are attached respectively to twoof the closing portions.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stormcoat embodying this invention,the outer overlapping closing portion being broken away to expose astorm-strip which is arranged on the front side of the adjacentoverlapping closing portion, and said adjacent overlapping closingportion also being broken away to expose another storm-strip which isarranged on the front side of another overlapping closing portion whichlatter serves as the storm-shield. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectionaldetail of a portion of the coat shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dottedline 22. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional detail of a modification to bereferred to. Figs 4 and 5 are sectional details of other modificationsto be referred to.

a and Z) represent, respectively, the two usual overlapping closingportions for the front opening of a coat, which are adapted to beattached together by suitable fastenings. The closing portion I), hasarranged on its front side a storm-strip c, which, as here shown, ismade by turning over the edge of said closing portion Z) upon the frontside of said portion Z) for a short distance, and securing it thereto bya line of stitches 0, arranged near the line of fold, so that the edgeof said overturned portion is free or unattached and is or may beextended forward more or less.

The stornrcoat is ordinarily made of oiled cloth, or other waterproofmaterial, which is quite stiff, so that the free or unattached edge ofthe storm-strip may be inherently held in a forwardly-extended position.Said storm-strip is arranged remote from the entrance to the passagebetween the overlap ping portion, so that, even should the entrancethereto gape open at different places, said strip will still serve tocheck the passage of water. The storm-strip c is preferably, but notnecessarily, formed in this manner, as, for instance, it may be made asa rib or Wale, see Fig. 4:, produced by interposing a cord f between thelining and the outer portion, which may be held in place by lines ofstitches at opposite sides thereof. More than one rib or Wale may beemployed if desired.

The coat has three overlapping closing portions, and as shown in Figs. 1and 2, the inner closing portion (Z is intended to serve as astorm-shield, and it is attached along one edge only to the back side ofthe outer closing portion 6, and in such case, if desired, twostorm-strips may be employed, one, as c, on the front side of theportion 6, and another, as 0 on the front side of the shield (Z; or, asshown in Fig. 3, wherein the outer overlapping portion is intended toserve as a storm-shield, the stornrstrip may be arranged on the frontside of the inner overlapping portion 6, and also, if desired, anotherstorm-strip arranged on the front side of the overlapping portion a, or,if desired, but one storm-strip may be employed even when the coat has astorm-shield arranged inside or outside, but in case a singlestorm-strip is employed, it will be arranged, preferably, on the frontside of the innermostoverlapping portion.

Instead of forming the storm-strip by turning over the edge of one ofthe overlapping portions and thereby incidentally forming a binding atthe edge, a binding may be secured to the edge, see Fig. 5, which isfolded thereon so that one edge is left unattached and thereby permittedto extend forward.

A coat having three overlapping portions at the front opening, arrangedas here shown, one portion being inserted between the other twoportions, the passage between said portions is tortuous by reason ofturning abruptly at an angle at the point of attachment of the twooverlapping portions between which the other overlapping portion isinserted, and when the entrance to said passage gapes open between thefastenings, as it will do, either by the bulging outward of the outeroverlapping portion or the bulging inward of the inner overlappingportion, the opening thus produced extends only to the bend. The waterwhich is blown into this passage or which flows into the passage andcollects on the walls of the passage, will be prevented from followingalong the passage, around the bend, and finally reaching and wetting thewearer, by means of the storm-strip here shown, which is purposelylocated remote from the entrance to the passage, being at or near thebottom of the opening which is formed by the entrance to the passagegaping open, or beyond such point.

I claim:

1. A storm-coat having a front opening with three overlapping closingportions therefor, arranged two at one side and one at the other side ofsaid opening, whereby a tortuous passage is produced between saidportions, and a storm-strip arranged on the front side of an inneroverlapping portion at a point remote from the entrance to said passage,whereby the water which flows into and is blown into said passage, whenthe entrance thereto gapes open, and which collects on the surfacesthereof, is checked and is directed downward, substantially asdescribed.

2. A storm-coat having three overlapping portions at the front, two ofwhich are attached together remote from their edges, and the other isadapted to be inserted between them, and a storm-strip arranged on thefront side of the middle portion, remote from the entrance to thepassage between said portion and the outer portion, and anotherstorm-strip arranged on the front side of the inner portion remote fromthe entrance to the passage between said portion and the middle portion,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER s. BARKER.

lVitnesses B. J. N OYES, H. B. DAVIS.

